Cops get remand order on all 49 men held over prayers outside Juru surau


BUKIT MERTAJAM: All 49 men arrested for allegedly being in a congregation of hundreds of foreigners outside a surau in Taman Pelangi on Tuesday (July 20) morning have been remanded to help with the investigation.

They arrived at the Bukit Mertajam courthouse in three police trucks at about 10.20am on Wednesday (July 21).

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